Clinical trial · Observational
MicroRNAs as Diagnostic Biomarkers in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Among Somali Patients
Circulating MicroRNAs as Biomarkers in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Among Somali Patients
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer and is the third leading cause of cancer that related death in the worldwide. Although, current most of doctors and laboratorians of HCC diagnoses bases are medical imaging such ultrasound, MRI, CT-scan and laboratory analyses tests for serum tumor markers such as alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) which characterized by very low of sensitivity in the detection of HCC. Last two decades, scientists was focused researches of small molecules called MicroRNAs which are produced by human cells and can be released in the blood. MicroRNAs are class of (20 - 25 nucleotide in length) non-coding RNAs, and its emerging non-invasive diagnostic biomarker for cancer diagnosing, screening, monitoring treatment and to predict prognosis. A number of studies exposed an abnormal expression of human serum MicroRNAs in many tumors such as liver, pancreatic and colorectal carcinoma. Recently, MicroRNAs have a role in the development of HCC, but still it is unknown if these small molecules will be used as biomarker for diagnosis and survival of HCC. The aim of this study is to establish MicroRNAs as biomarkers for diagnostic tool of HCC patients and to compare to circulating levels of MicroRNAs in chronic liver diseases patients and health volunteers and those HCC patients and To determine the clinical utility of MicroRNAs as a diagnostic maker of hepatocellular carcinoma comparing with alpha fetoprotein the current marker of (HCC).
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Hepatocellular Carcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
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Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- label
- HCC Cases (Group 1)
- description
- This group will include 63 subjects and the diagnoses will be based on clinical examination, laboratory tests such as (Liver Function tests, Alpha-fetoprotein , Ultrasound, and biopsy in some cases if possible (Depends on the patients and their financial issues).
- label
- Chronic Liver Diseases (group 2)
- description
- This group will be including 31 patients, and the diagnoses will be based on laboratory such as (liver function tests, viral markers, AFP,) and by ultrasound findings (shrunken liver, coarse echo-pattern, attenuated hepatic vein and finding nodular surface)
- label
- Healthy Volunteer (group 3)
- description
- It will include 32 subjects that serve as control group. These all patients and control groups will be subject the following parameters: Biochemical tests such as (Liver function tests, viral markers, serum AFP, CBC, Kidney functions and others) and circulating MicroRNAs levels of all these subjects.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- MicroRNAs and its Correlation to Development and prediction of HCC
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 90 Years
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Inclusion Criteria: * Confirmed diagnosis of HCC patients through history taking and physical Examination, AFP and ultrasonography (\> 5cm in size). * Chronic liver disease patients with history of liver disease rather than HCC such as cirrhosis, chronic viral hepatitis, non-alcoholic liver disease (NALD). * Healthy volunteers with no history of liver problems. * Informed consent from all participants before enrollment in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * HCC less than 5 cm in size during ultrasound examinations * Extrahepatic disease, other primary tumour * Inability to provide informed consent or who refused to draw off blood.
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